Meet Tony

Me In A Nutshell: Sports, comedy, coffee, music, and entrepreneurship define me. During the week, I hustle hard and stay pretty quiet. But on weekends, I play quite loud.

My DJ career started at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Washington. I earned my stripes DJing in fraternity basements, at house parties, and playing the opening set at local dive bars and “nightclubs” that were more like “Applebee’s, but with a dance floor.” Eventually, I graduated college and moved to the Seattle nightlife scene, where I quickly realized I hated DJing nightclubs.

But I loved to DJ, and I loved to perform in front of others.

So, while working in finance during the week, I booked private events for the weekend: school dances, birthday parties, corporate galas, holiday parties, and weddings. Of all the private events I played at, only weddings allowed me to DJ an open-format style with a license to mix creatively. Mastering “The Art of the Wedding DJ” became my obsession. I learned everything I could about planning awesome wedding receptions, how to be an event director and host, developed my Master of Ceremonies philosophy and style, and honed in my DJ skills.

I had found my niche, my passion, and the one thing that I looked forward to every weekend. And, I wanted to be really, really, really good at it.

While it was seemingly unfortunate at the time, I was told in 2009 by the company I worked for that they couldn’t offer me a permanent position after my temp-to-hire contract was up. So, I decided to take a risk and see if I could do what many said I couldn’t: make it as a full-time, professional DJ.

It was the best decision I ever made.

Fast forward to today: I have DJ’d at weddings up and down the West Coast, as well as shared the same stage with some pretty big names in the music industry. I’ve DJed for crowds up to 25,000 people, and I founded two more companies in the private events space: PLAY Event Rentals and The Puget Sound Photo Booth Co. My current aspirations are to DJ weddings and private events around the country and the world, as well as become the official tour DJ for one of my favorite country music artists.

Seriously, I can’t believe that I get to call this a career. I’m truly blessed, completely grateful, honestly humbled, and totally thankful for all of the opportunities that DJing has brought me, as well as the experiences I’ve lived and people I’ve met.

I’m thankful to even be considered as your Wedding MC & DJ. If you like my mixes, if you enjoy watching my videos below, and if you want to create magic at the biggest party you will ever host, I would love to be your Master of Ceremonies & DJ.

If you are looking to book me for a private event, concert/festival, corporate gala, or other marquee VIP event, please click here.

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“My philosophy is simple: go above and beyond for each of my Rock Star Couples and create a night that they, their family, and their friends will never forget. Oh, and earn that hug by night’s end… because that hug means we knocked it out of the park.”